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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/08/1990 - Regular Minutes - Historic Preservation Committee HISTORIC MARKER COMMITTEE MEETING ® TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1990, 3:00 PM COMMUNITY CENTER CONFERENCE ROOM MEMBERS PRESENT: Dan MacElvray, Joan Rabins, Lois Beach. STAFF PRESENT: Charles Szabuniewicz, Special Facilities Superintendent; Emily Baker, Secretary/Receptionist. This committee was brought together to give us some guidelines for historic plaques for the historical homes and buildings in College Station. The Historic Preservation Committee decided to provide the owners of old homes and buildings (50 years and older) with an historic plaque and we are using as our symbol the train station on the plaque. Dan commented that the black square was crooked on the illustration that Southwell Co. sent us. The only guidelines the committee set up was a very broad criteria; any campus homes that were moved and not substantially altered would be eligible almost automatically. We would need Dan's input on the homes in College Station that have been on site for 50 years. We need an application set up. Dan suggested first that on the plaque "Historic Home" should be changed to "Historic House ". Charlie mentioned to Dan and Joan about the plaques for Shiloh, Lincoln and A &M Consolidated. Dan mentioned the Jr. High building next to the Community Center that is being torn down that launched the firm of Caudell, Rowlett and Scott, the largest architectural engineering firm in the world. The building has been drastically altered, but the site could have an historical marker after it is torn down. Dan said that "50 years" is flexible, that the homes and buildings that have not been around for 50 years could still have a plaque as long as they have some sort of significance. Dan said there are guidelines for substantially altered" and he will give us a copy. He said that the homes can be altered as much as they want to on the interior but there are guidelines for the exterior alterations. Lois mentioned that Joan Lampkin would be writing up a tour brochure on historic homes and buildings and Dan suggested we take it one step further and have a monograph publication (20-301 page brochure). He suggested that a student do that for credit and it would be about $8- 10,000 to work it up. That would come out of Hotel/Motel Fund. Dan suggested the campus homes that have already been moved to move them to the new Wolf Pen Creek so they would have a specific use such as craft stores, visitors center, etc. That way they will be used and not just vacant. The guidelines for historic marker are: 50 years old, do the have historical significance, unique architectural style, famous architect, famous person lived there, famous event happened there. Dan and Joan are to set up a general citeria for the Committee to review. Charlie suggested that a journalism student could do a project now before a site is torn down and when it applies to State Historical Requirements, we could have it ready. Dan said students could measure drawings of structures for credit. The drawings some students have produced in mylar are beautiful. He suggested we contact David Woodcott to use some of his students. Lois asked Dan and Joan to draw up the criteria and get back with us. Charlie said he would keep them informed on what the Historic Preservation Committee was up to.